Quake Watch 2014

New Madrid - Tennessee
CERI

This was an odd one for relatives who live in the area. Not a lot of news coverage either.

WMCTV
DYERSBURG, TN -

(WMC-TV) – A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in Northwest Tennessee early Monday morning.

According to the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, the quake happened at 1:24 a.m. The epicenter was five miles southeast of Ridgely, Tennessee and 12 miles north of Dyersburg.

Monday morning's earthquake happened in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which according to USGS is the most active earthquake zone in North America east of the Rockies.

reply to post by Bachrk


I saw it this morning on my local news. Though it made me raise my eyebrows a bit, I don't think it is too out of the norm. I am looking more towards OK. I am just waiting for the whole state to turn into a giant sinkhole.... (stupid fracking).

6hr 21min ago

Magnitude mb 5.0
Region FRANCE
Date time 2014-04-07 19:26:59.7 UTC
Location 44.47 N ; 6.69 E
Depth 5 km
Distances 100 km NW of Monaco, Monaco
49 km E of Gap, France
7 km NW of Jausiers, France
www.emsc-csem.org...

Witness location : Barcelonnette (France) (10 km S from epicenter)
That was actually a sick one, thank God no casualties but damn.I often felt a lot of earthquakes here, this is definitely the biggest one i ve ever noticed
Was sitting on my desk and then stood up, i was terrified, about 10 sec i would say, very consistent shaking and intensity, seems like it lasted so long.
Very weird noise while happening, loud and deep.

reply to post by muzzy


Hi Muzzy:

I have been following the thread for a couple of weeks...fascinating stuff!

First - just an aside - your maps are informative but also beautiful. Really! I have an interior design business (albeit small and a sideline business) but I can see my clients that are into modern art digging on them. Have you ever considered selling them as art...just a thought.

Second - my real question.

We have some family property in Kingston, OK, which is located outside of Durant, OK near Lake Texhoma on the Texas/Oklahoma border. We live in Dallas, and basically drive up one or two times a month for the weekend during the Spring Season. Tons of oil wells in the area and a lot of fracking going on...but not on our property. We do have some old wells that go back 40 or more years, but no fracking.

Anyway, when we were there this past weekend my husband and I both noticed our dogs acting strangely around dusk on Saturday, April 5th. We are well aware of the quake activity to the North in Oklahoma, but nothing concrete had been reported that I know of in Durant or Kingston, OK.

The dogs went wild barking for about an hour and would not settle as they normally do...for no evident reason. Also, the evening sky over the lake had a really weird greenish haze/cast appearance. Is there any scientific evidence that animals and light can be the precursor to quakes? Neither of these things has ever happened in all of my years going up there...It is hard to image the earth moving on what you have always thought of as "rock solid" ground. I could have sworn I felt some odd movements in the house and on the porch while we were there.

Needless to say, I was glad to be back in Dallas Sunday night...however who knows? We may start rocking and rolling in Big D as well. Lots of fracking in North Texas.

Thanks so much for your thoughts on this part of the world if you have time. Love your info.

I wouldn't be writing if I didn't feel compelled. Stupid laptop.
"Houston- err Oklahoma City, we have a problem..." (actually words were, Houston, we've had a problem...)

Oklahoma in 2014 has already had more mag 3 earthquakes than 2013. And that's saying something, because there were more in 2013 than 2012. Wouldn't you love your investments to grow at such at rate?

www.bloomberg.com...

We certainly likely have cases of earthquakes being caused by different oil and gas activity,” Holland said in an interview. “Evaluating those carefully can take significant amounts of time, especially when we’re swamped.”

It seems Mr. Holland has stopped looking to blame the lakes. You see, when you make the lake the scapegoat, it really can't speak back and deny anything. And what a fine example of muddy up the already murky muck of a mongrel language. Certainly likely. Not. If you are certain, it is no long likely. Likely, is when you are not certain. The case is that there is no uncertainty. He uses the term likely because he still doesn't fully want to blame the gas companies. And, he's not pinning the whole state of the state on the gas industry. He said, "We certainly have cases of earthquakes...", meaning he not putting the cause fully on the drilling activities. The certainty is that the gas companies are causing the vast majority of the earthquakes and there's scientific evidence to prove this. Now it seems that if he can't pin it on a natural cause, he'll delay a declaration and blame not being able to reach a conclusion based on being "swamped" by paperwork. Well, if he can't stop this madness, Oklahoma will be a swamped after a giant sinkhole subsides the whole state by twenty feet.

stupid laptop


As for animals sensing earthquakes, there is no proof. However, there's lots of anecdotal evidence. The earthquake near Washington DC, had the animals at the zoo acting very strangely.

Just adding a link about the zoo animals.
www.livescience.com...

reply to post by ericblair4891


Thanks for the info...blame the lakes - Geezzz!!!

I will look at the zoo info in D.C. in regards to my pup's behavior.

My Grandpa owned this land from the 1940's on, and he was part of the good old oil boy network. However, he despised what they called back then as "slant drillers" - thought they ruined the land (created sinkholes and caused legit wells to cave). Fracking sounds like a new version of slant drilling with the added benefit of earthquakes

The thread has given me some real things to ponder...

reply to post by angelchemuel


That is noble of u
Na.

stay +positive

reply to post by BobAthome



I had to go back and check what your message meant....noble....aha!

Back on topic, these constant 5+ in Chile, could they be a build up to something bigger brewing? They seem to have plateau'd out.
Rainbows
Jane

Ugh. I totally get why some people believe the USGS intentionally hides, misrepresents or otherwise tries to obscure data.

For instance:


Why 30 kms south of Diamond Lake as a location? It's sitting on the freaking rim of Crater Lake!
*looks for :rolleyes: smilely*

It's a tiny little microquake, but the only one listed in the region of the late Mt. Mazama in the past 6 years.
source of EQ history

All morning long i can see a bottle full of water shaking non stop as if there was a constant harmonic vibration.

My location is Los Angeles California 90006 vermont and pico and venice are the main cross streets near me.


Could it be volcanic in nature?

As if a stream of magma was running below the streets here.

reply to post by dreamfox1


put this in your favourites,,

abclocal.go.com...

learn its patterns and squiggles,,,,

in answer too your question,,yes i think its possable,, im sure other both agree and disagree,,

but remember,,

the quake cam don't lie.


(and no it wasn't broke.)

sorry i rant.

reply to post by BobAthome


i been watching the quake cam on abc7 and see it as well

Just wondering if we are going to have something like that movie Volcano here

www.youtube.com...

reply to post by dreamfox1


common its L.A the City of Angels





or is that angles??

Bachrk
New Madrid - Tennessee
CERI

This was an odd one for relatives who live in the area. Not a lot of news coverage either.

WMCTV
DYERSBURG, TN -

(WMC-TV) – A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was reported in Northwest Tennessee early Monday morning.

According to the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program, the quake happened at 1:24 a.m. The epicenter was five miles southeast of Ridgely, Tennessee and 12 miles north of Dyersburg.

Monday morning's earthquake happened in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which according to USGS is the most active earthquake zone in North America east of the Rockies.

I saw that one listed on the USGS site and was surprised because we didn't feel it. We usually get some sort of indication of anything that close and that much over a 2M. Strange. I have a picture on a wall that will always tell me when we've had a shake of anything above a 2M but it wasn't disturbed at all. Additionally, this would have happened while we were awake and we can usually hear/feel them when they get that big and are that close on our side of the Mississippi.

Did a water bottle test indoor and out door in a wind less environment.

Both show some sort of vibration coming from the floor and from the ground itself.

Does anyone know what runs under venice and vermont and pico?


Any trains or water tunnel or possible magma?

reply to post by dreamfox1


There have been mild quakes all up and down the coast. I've been watching on this site:
quakes.globalincidentmap.com...#

I don't know if this many quakes are normal, since I've only recently discovered these sites. I tried to read the sites with graphs, but they're still Greek to me.

Vibrations coming from the ground in Los Angeles on 4/8/2014.


www.youtube.com...

dreamfox1

Vibrations coming from the ground in Los Angeles on 4/8/2014.


www.youtube.com...

That doesn't look good, Dreamfox. Stay safe!
The activity seems to be increasing a little more each day.

Outdoor test at the garage.


www.youtube.com...

dreamfox1
Outdoor test at the garage.


www.youtube.com...

Can't watch it; says it's 'Private'.